The Veteran is granted special monthly pension based on the need for regular aid and attendance of another person, but not by reason of being housebound.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows that the Veteran requires help with activities of daily living due to his multiple disabilities, including psychiatric conditions and physical impairments.
- Claimed conditions
- psychotic depression, major depression, history of schizophrenia, depressive neurosis, essential hypertension, old myocardial infraction (status post coronary angioplasty), degenerative joint disease of the spine, bilateral pes planus, bilateral frostbite of the legs, history of cataract of the eye, residual of gunshot wound scar of the right thigh, exogenous obesity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- July 5, 2011
- Citation
- 1125266
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development regarding the Veteran's service connection claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that additional development is needed for the claims on appeal, including obtaining any outstanding treatment records and scheduling VA examinations to assess the current severity of service-connected disabilities. The Veteran's representative also requested reevaluation of his service-connected disabilities.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected PTSD, major depression, generalized anxiety disorder, insomnia and alcohol use disorder caused his sleep apnea.
- Denied
The Board denied the Appellant's requests for earlier effective dates for his service connection for bilateral pes planus and gynecomastia scar residuals, finding that the earliest possible effective dates are the dates of receipt of the claims.
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